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Australian Newspaper Plan

The Australian Newspaper Plan (ANPlan) is an ambitious, ongoing program designed to collect and preserve every newspaper published in Australia, guaranteeing public access to these important historical records.

Partners

ANPlan is a cooperative initiative of National and State Libraries Australasia. ANPlan relies on collaboration between the National Library of Australia and the other partners, Australia's state and territory libraries, and the National Library of New Zealand.

Under ANPlan, primary responsibility for a newspaper rests with the state or territory library in the state/territory of the newspaper's origin. The National Library of Australia shares responsibility for ACT newspapers with the ACT Heritage Library and has assumed responsibility for a number of newspapers that are national in scope, coverage and distribution (Australian, Australian Financial Review, National Times, Nation Review and Independent Monthly). ANPlan is currently coordinated by the National Library of Australia.